It's The Season for Tax Scams... Again

Feb 26, 2019 7:19:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

America's Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a surge in phishing emails, links, and phone calls during tax season, according to Toni Birdsong at McAfee. The scammers pose ...

Bogus Job Offers as Phishbait

Feb 25, 2019 5:29:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A series of phishing campaigns are targeting companies in various industries with phony job offers using direct messages on LinkedIn, according to researchers at Proofpoint. The attacker ...

Going to RSA in San Francisco Next Week? Get your Free Book Signed by Kevin Mitnick at KnowBe4’s Booth# 4624 North

Feb 25, 2019 4:53:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out all the activities KnowBe4 will be doing at RSA:

Kevin Mitnick Demos Outlook Exchange Exploit

Feb 25, 2019 11:44:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In a webinar last week Kevin Mitnick, KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, shared a shocking demonstration of a recent Outlook Exchange exploit in which delegated access is allowed from any ...

Cyber Espionage Warning: The Most Advanced Hacking Groups Are Getting More Ambitious

Feb 24, 2019 11:04:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Once attackers might have needed the latest zero-days to gain access to corporate networks, but now it's spear-phishing emails using social engineering tactics that are most likely to ...

The NoRelationship Attack Bypasses Office 365 Email Attachment Security

Feb 24, 2019 10:28:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers are bypassing Office 365 email attachment security by editing the relationship files that are included with Office documents, according to Yoav Nathaniel at Avanan. A ...

Phishing campaign attempts to spread a new brand of snooping malware

Feb 22, 2019 1:03:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Danny Palmer at ZDNet had the scoop: "A cyber espionage campaign is targeting national security think tanks and academic institutions in the US in what's believed to be an intelligence ...

KnowBe4 Named Gold Winner for Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Company Category

Feb 22, 2019 11:14:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I'm excited to announce we have been named as the gold winner in the fastest growing cybersecurity company for between 500 to 999 employees category by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.

We Are In The Wrong Business. Cyber Extortionists Make $360K A Year.

Feb 21, 2019 4:48:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Extortion scams capitalize on compromised credentials, sensitive data, and technical vulnerabilities on Internet-facing applications to pressure victims to pay up.

Various Types Of Phishing Attacks Defined

Feb 21, 2019 3:31:36 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The definition of phishing is a cybercrime in which potential victims are contacted via email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals ...

Hackers take over Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's Twitter account, make bomb threat at Tampa Airport

Feb 21, 2019 10:03:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tampa police are investigating a bomb threat made against Tampa International Airport after hackers took over Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s Twitter account Thursday ...

Helping Employees Not Cause Data Breaches

Feb 20, 2019 4:57:52 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Untrained employees with poor security habits pose a major risk to their employers, according to Ciara O’Brien at the Irish Times. O’Brien cites recent research conducted by Amarach on ...

Wendy’s to pay $50M in data breach settlement

Feb 20, 2019 10:23:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wendy’s has agreed to pay $50 million to settle negligence claims following its 2015-2016 data breach that affected more than 1,000 of the burger chain’s locations.

KnowBe4 Releases The 2019 What Keeps You up at Night Report

Feb 20, 2019 10:05:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today we released the results of new research: What Keeps You up at Night – the 2019 Report. The report looks at over 350 organizations across North America and reveals the security ...

New: "Targeted Training" Filter in KnowBe4 ModStore

Feb 20, 2019 9:44:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Get your users the right training content, specific to their roles and departments. With the new “Targeted Training” filter in the KnowBe4 ModStore, you can easily find and assign ...

[Last Chance] Get an Insider View Into the Methods and Exploits of the World's Most Famous Hacker, Kevin Mitnick

Feb 19, 2019 11:30:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 9 #8 Company Sues Employee After She Falls for USD 250K CEO Fraud Scam

Feb 19, 2019 9:36:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Remote Access Credentials Are the Latest Malware Attack Target

Feb 18, 2019 2:38:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest iteration of notable banking trojan, Trickbot, now includes a password grabbing module designed to provide cybercriminals with remote access to internal systems.

It’s Time to Have a Security Plan Around Consumer Data Privacy

Feb 18, 2019 2:33:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The growth in both consumer concern and laws seeking to protect consumer data means organizations need to take specific measures to ensure the safeguarding of customer data.

Popular Torrents Uploader Caught Sharing ‘GandCrab’ Ransomware Strain

Feb 18, 2019 10:46:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Torrent sites are banning CracksNow, a popular source of torrent uploads, after discovering that the uploader of cracks and keygens was distributing ransomware.

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